Prayer and Healing: Prayers for strength, healing, and coping with life’s challenges

Why pray?

When I was a teenager, my girlfriends and I were often trying to diet. Our motto was: A moment on the lips is a lifetime on the hips. It meant that an act that took just an instant could remain with you forever. I like to apply this phrase to the process of prayer. A prayer takes just a matter of seconds to utter, but its influence in our lives, on our behavior, on our hearts, on our perceptions, can be permanent. A moment on our lips is a lifetime on our souls. A simple prayer can change us; can lead us on the path to healing ourselves and our world.

So pray. Pray for peace, pray for healing, pray for advances in science, pray for the strength to eradicate poverty and disease, pray for the courage to overcome injustice, pray for resolve, pray for others, pray for yourself. Pray to God with all your heart and soul, then gather up your might to meet the challenges that lie ahead.

Symptoms Of Bloodborne Diseases You May Not Know



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If you are in medical or health care field, you are at higher risk of infection caused by Bloodborne Pathogens. These pathogens present in the blood, blood products and other body fluids like semen, vaginal secretion, pleural fluid, pericardial fluid, synovial fluid and saliva in some dental procedures. If your job brings you into contact with blood or other bodily fluids, you should know how to protect yourself from Bloodborne Pathogens like hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV. Training must be given by your employer to understanding the nature of the disease and symptoms, so that you can take immediate steps to reduce the risk of developing a disease.)

Symptoms Of Bloodborne Diseases

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B virus causes the most serious liver disorder. This virus can be found in blood and other body fluid. Urine and feces may contain this virus in very small quantity, if they are visibly contaminated with blood. The virus can live on contaminated surfaces for up to a week. Many studies show that needle stick puncture is the most common reason for health care workers developing the disease.